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I met up with Rachel and the newly wedded Derek and Heather in Amsterdam last night.

Derek I hadn't seen since 1999 when he worked in my country for a while and we ended up traveling to Ireland together.

It was the first time I met Rachel and Heather. At one point we all showed each other our babies.

The warm weather suited our 'rijsttafel' dinner at Tempo Doeloe on Utrechtsestraat. It was fun to see people discover the delights of 'spekkoek' (a dense, tasty layered cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom and aniseed flavoured cake). I thought the food was better last time I went, but that's probably because I couldn't choose between talking and eating.

I believe I was a little hyper and talkative -- I felt there was so much to say and so little time, as the honeymooning couple are off to Paris today.

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